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UTCs have ‘failed to establish their position’, spending watchdog says

Many of the government’s multimillion-pound university technical colleges have “failed to establish their position in the educational landscape”, and…

Freddie Whittaker
Freddie Whittaker
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NAO report on STEM skills: 7 important findings for schools

The National Audit Office has published a wide-ranging report on science, technology, engineering and maths skills. Here are some…

Freddie Whittaker
Freddie Whittaker
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Academy trust boss defends £1.5m in consultancy payments to family firm

An academy trust chief executive whose family business made almost £1.5 million in consultancy fees in two years has…

Alix Robertson
Alix Robertson
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Sixth form with ‘dodgy’ legal status joins City of London Academies Trust

A sixth form investigated for being “unlawful” has finally become official nearly four years after it was told it…

Jess Staufenberg
Jess Staufenberg
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Head of unregistered private school banned from teaching over safeguarding concerns

The head of an unregistered private school in Birmingham has been banned from teaching after inspectors repeatedly raised safeguarding issues…

Freddie Whittaker
Freddie Whittaker
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Carillion, construction firm that works in hundreds of schools, to go into liquidation

A firm that provides facilities maintenance, cleaning and catering services to hundreds of schools is to go into liquidation,…

Freddie Whittaker
Freddie Whittaker


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Suffolk schools to lose millions as council plans free transport cut

Opposition is mounting against plans to cancel free transport from thousands of children, amid claims it will cost some…

Pippa Allen-Kinross
Pippa Allen-Kinross
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Harris to move alternative provision pupils to new vocational school site

Harris has announced plans to move its Aspire AP academy, which caters for pupils at risk of exclusion, onto…

Jess Staufenberg
Jess Staufenberg
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DfE fails to hit female leadership coaching target

The Department for Education is almost a year behind on its target to link 1,000 women teachers with 1,000…

Alix Robertson
Alix Robertson
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Gloucestershire grammar schools accused of growing ‘by the back door’

Grammar schools in Gloucestershire are expanding “through the back door” by increasing their pupil admission numbers, a furious local…

Jess Staufenberg
Jess Staufenberg
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Damian Hinds: The new sheriff in town

Damian Hinds, the Oxford-educated MP for East Hampshire, is the new education secretary, after a reshuffle that saw Justine…

Freddie Whittaker
Freddie Whittaker
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Academy trust with ‘very small’ schools warned over ‘limited capacity’ for improvement

A church-led academy trust in Leicester has been warned it has “limited capacity” to improve its schools because many…

Alix Robertson
Alix Robertson